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Recognised as Colour

#E6A879

  • #E6A879
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#E6A879 is a orange with RGB values 230, 168, 121 and HSL 26°, 69%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#E6A879#E6A879
HEX#E6A879
RGBrgb(230, 168, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6588, 0.4745
RGB percentages90.2%, 65.9%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(25.9, 68.6%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(25.9, 47.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 27%, 47.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,116,409
CSS custom property--colour: #E6A879;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.24:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#195786

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAAD75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9BB79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Tritanopia#F79C9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 11.2Dark salmon · ΔE 12.8Light salmon · ΔE 14.3Sandy brown · ΔE 14.8Tan · ΔE 15.1Peru · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 11.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79B7E6
Analogous#E67980, #E6DF79
Triadic#79E6A8, #A879E6
Split complementary#79E6DF, #7980E6
Tetradic#81E679, #79B7E6, #DF79E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFCFA
Lighter +20%#F6E0CF
Lighter +10%#EEC4A4
Darker −10%#DE8C4E
Darker −20%#D27127
Darker −30%#A75A1F
Darker −40%#7C4317
More saturated +25%#FAA565
Less saturated −25%#D2AB8D

Channel breakdown

R230
G168
B121
Red230 (90.2%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue25.87°
Saturation (HSL)68.55%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G A8 · B 79

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